Biocurator

Job Description

What will you do Execute tasks with ownership and responsibility. Evaluate peer-reviewed experimental research for annotation. Collect and integrate data from scientific literature published by clinical and human genome research groups. Documenting the effects of genomic variants and the association with disease, using controlled vocabularies, ontologies and established guidelines. Maintain specifications and monitor day-to-day operations of the literature searching and triage pipelines and various error-checking processes. What do you bring to the table Fresh PhDs or MSc with 3-4 years experience. Genetic and molecular understanding of human disease. Good understanding of genomic databases and their annotations (For example GenBank, RefSeq, dbSNP, etc.). Basic understanding of cancer biology and signaling pathways is a plus. An understanding of bioinformatics analysis to identify variants within genomic data sets is desirable. Proficiency in communicating and understanding of genetic variant details. An enthusiastic "can-do" mentality with leadership skills, a dedicated team-worker, having good verbal and written communication skills. Previous experience as an experimental scientist is a big plus.